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''Time'' is a
musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by
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and
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.


Plot

Derived from the 1970s musical ''The Time Lord'' by Soames and Daniels, it focuses on contemporary
rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
ian Chris Wilder, who has been transported with his backup singers and band from a
concert A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety a ...
to the High Court of the Universe in the
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. In light of mankind's strides in
space exploration Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration though is conducted both by robotic spacec ...
, the
Time Lord The Time Lords are a fictional ancient race of extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial people in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', of which the series' main protagonist, The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, is a memb ...
Melchisedic (loosely based on the title character in the
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science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
series ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'') has decided the time has come to examine
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's people to determine what role they will play in the quest for universal peace, and Wilder and his band are called upon to defend their planet.


Productions

The heavily amplified
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event relied heavily on
special effect Special effects (often abbreviated as SFX, F/X or simply FX) are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual wor ...
s, including a huge projected floating head named
Akash Akasha or Akash (Sanskrit ' ) means space or sky or æther in traditional Indian cosmology, depending on the religion. The term has also been adopted in Western occultism and spiritualism in the late 19th century. In many modern Indo-Aryan la ...
(billed by the show's producers as a
hologram Holography is a technique that enables a wavefront to be recorded and later re-constructed. Holography is best known as a method of generating real three-dimensional images, but it also has a wide range of other Holography#Applications, applic ...
) that served as a
narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the a ...
throughout the show. The interior of the
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in London, where the show first ran, was gutted and reconstructed to accommodate the massive steel set with
hydraulic Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counter ...
lift designed by
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."Stage View; In London, Green Lasers and Red Smoke" (4 May 1986) ''
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'', p. A.5 The West End production, directed and
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by Larry Fuller (assisted by
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), had a world premiere on April 9, 1986, at the Dominion Theatre in London, where it ran for two years.
Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...
starred as Wilder, Jodie Brooke Wilson as Louise,
Jeff Shankley Jeffrey Richard Shankley (born 17 November 1947) is a British actor, singer and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who has had a long career as a television and stage actor particularly in the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber for wh ...
as Melchisedic, and
Dilys Watling Dilys Rhys Watling ('' née'' Jones, 5 May 1942 – 10 August 2021) was an English actress, best known for appearing on British television ('' Coronation Street'', ''The Benny Hill Show'' and ''The Two Ronnies''). Early life and education Wat ...
as one of the tribunal judges, with a pre-filmed
Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
as Akash.
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replaced Richard later in the run, closing with '' Grease'' producer David Ian. Stephanie Lawrence was also a replacement in the ''Time'' musical and played opposite Cassidy.


Cast

* The Rock Star, Chris Wilder – Cliff Richard (Later replaced by David Cassidy) * Louise – Jodie Brooke Wilson (Later replaced by Stephanie Lawrence) * Babs – Dawn Hope * Carol Ann – Maria Ventura * The Rock Group – Cavin Cornwall, Neil Gow-Hunter, Simon Shelton, Ian Stewart * Akash, The Ultimate Word in Truth – Laurence Olivier * Judge Morgua – Dilys Watling * Judge Trigon – John North * Judge Lagus – David Timson * Lord Melchisedic, The Time Lord –
Jeff Shankley Jeffrey Richard Shankley (born 17 November 1947) is a British actor, singer and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who has had a long career as a television and stage actor particularly in the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber for wh ...
* Lord Melchisedic's Retinue – Gary Co-Burn, Brad Graham (left due to injury) Neil Gow-Hunter, Kazimir Kolesnik, Alan Meggs, Dave Trevors, Steve Mondey, Simon Shelton, Simon Marlow, Neil Reynolds * Captain Ebony – Clinton Derricks-Carroll * Captain Ebony's Retinue – Heather Robbins, Linda Mae Brewer, Rosemary Ford, Robin Clever, Ian Stewart and Sparky (Later replaced by Kim Rosato, Stacey Haynes, Sandra Easby, Annabel Haydn, Ian Stewart, Cavin Cornwall)


Recording

The
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Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
'' was released by
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in the United States and
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elsewhere in the world (UK Catalogue Number UK:AMPM 1 (EQ 5003). In addition to Richard and Olivier, it featured
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Leo Sayer Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom ...
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Ashford & Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...
,
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, John Christie,
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, Mike Moran, and Paul Miles-Kingston.Evelyn Erskine (23 January 1987) "Rock", ''
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'', p. D5 Olivier's spoken "Theme From 'Time was released as a single in some countries and was a surprise hit on the Australian charts, reaching #27.


25th anniversary release

The album was never released on CD but in 2012 ''Time – The Musical'' was made available for digital download from iTunes. It featured both acts of the show, the 13 single releases, new edits and several alternate mixes not on the original vinyl record or cassette release. The recordings were restored and remastered by Adam Vanryne and produced by Dave Clark. The re-release was timed to commemorate the musical's 25th anniversary. A 20-page color booklet accompanied the album.


Song list

;Act I * Born to Rock 'n Roll * Time Talkin' *
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
* Music of the Spheres * Law of the Universe * The Time Lord Theme * The Charge * One Human Family * What On Earth (moved to here from second song of act II at cast change in 1987) * I Know, I Know * Your Brother in Soul * Case for the Prosecution * Starmaker * Time Will Teach Us All * I Object *
In My Defence "In My Defence" is a song performed by Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. It was from the 1986 musical ''Time'' by Dave Clark and featured on the ''Time'' concept album. The song was not a hit during Mercury's lifetime but was released po ...
;Act II * Within My World (added to opening of act II at cast change in 1987) * Because I Love You * Move the Judge * What on Earth (removed from act II in 1987) * She's So Beautiful * If You Only Knew * We're the UFO * The Theme from Time * Harmony * The Return * Time (Reprise) * It's in Everyone of Us


Critical reception

"If present trends go on, John Napier and his team will doubtless one day find themselves re-creating the entire state of Iowa for a rock musical about the Little Red Hen, or reconstructing the Alps for one about Heidi; but until then ''Time'' can claim it has provided the most sensational contrast between mountainous spectacle and molehill content the musical theatergoer has seen." "It's like a science-fiction Sunday-school lesson. London critics had a field day sneering at its greeting-card philosophy and 1960s flower-power platitudes. But children, the young at heart, tourists with little English and any lover of sheer spectacle will be enraptured." "But its actual genius is the man who invented its gravity-defying, sense-bombarding scenic effects, the modern theater's most astounding designer. His name is John Napier.""Set Designer Real Star of Musical" (29 May 1986) ''
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'' "The worst of it, though, are the philosophical speeches from The Time Lord who sounds like Captain Highliner after
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. If vinyl ever deserved to be melted..."


References


External links

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Fan website
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